Stamping-mallet.



J. E. CAYA. AAAAAAAAAAA LET.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20. me. Lfi33fi 1 11 a Patented July 17, 1917.

" se ofz EJ010120 Goya Inventor y W Attorneys JOSEPH EDMOND CAYA, 0FSOREL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

STAMPING-Manner.

i I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 17, 1917.

Application filed October 20, 1916. Serial No. 126,641.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JosnrH EDMOND CAYA, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Sorel, Province of Quebec, Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Stamping-Mallets; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe inven tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention refers to improvements in the apparatus used fordating or canceling stamps respectively for providing a greater numberof papers with the same remark, for instance entry stamps in theinterior service of a large business. As the use of ordinary stamps witha vertical handle above the stamping head is rather tiresome in case ofprolonged application and as it limits the speed of working the samethis disadvantage is overcome by my invention, which has the purpose toprovide a stamp of the form of a mallet, which may be used with the samespeed and ease as an ordinary hammer. Another purpose of my invention isto provide a stamping mallet, which has a stamp for pressing the date orother remarks on the paper to be stamped and which may have also anotherstamp for canceling or obliterating any remarks. It is further ofimportance that in my invention the stamp for pressing a date or anyother remark on the paper to be stamped is accessible, so as to allow anexchanged text to be printed.

In order to more clearly disclose the construction, operation and use ofthe invention, reference should be had to the accompanying drawingsforming part of the present application. Throughout the several figuresof the drawings like reference characters designate the same parts.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 shows my new stamping mallet in perspective;

Fig. 2 shows the head of my stamping mallet with the text printing partin section and the obliterating part in side view; and,

Fig. 3 shows another embodiment of the head of the stamping mallet.

In the shown example the handle 1 of wood, pulp, or the like ends in ashaft 2 of steel, at the point of which is fixed the stamping head 3.This stamping head has 111 the shown example the form of a hollow cubeprovided with a hinged lid or door 4c,

and which can be closed and locked by means of a lock 5 arranged insideof the cube and a key 6. One of the planes adjacent the plane towhich'the shaft 2 is fixed has a projecting annular projection 7, on theface 8 of which the name of the place is cut. The inner cavity of thering. 7 receives the date and time characters 9, which are exchangeable,and are held rigidly in their proper position by being passed throughcorrespondingholes in the dividing wall 10 of the cube and by thearrangement of larger feet 11 at their inner ends. The stamp charactersare forced to the outside by a pad 12 of rubber or any other resilientmaterial, which latter is retained in position by a block 13 of cork orthe like, the latter being held by the hinged lid or door 4:. Inconsequence of this arrangement the types 9 of the changing dates of theparticular day and hour can be exchanged in the mallet after temporarilyopening the door and removing the block 13 and pad 12.

F ortthe ordinary postal service it is desirable to have at the side ofthis place and time stamp another stamp for obliterating previously madeimpressions or stamps attached to an envelop or the like. In such casesI provide at the side of ring 7 another circular projection 14, whichmay be provided on its face with canceling lines 15 or the like, as isusual in the postal service, while this die 14 is supported by a bracingbracket 16, which connects it with a side wall of the cube 3.

In the postal service as practised in most countries the stationcollecting the letters may provide a stamp giving the date of collectionand another stamp for obliterating the postage stamp; this lettercollecting postoflice therefore uses the mallet, as shown in Figs. 1 and2 of my drawings. The letter delivering post-office may use a similarmallet, but in cases where the service is simplified a mallet ofsimplified form such as shown in Fig. 3 may be used, which simplifiedmallet contains only one stamp giving for instance the name and date ofthe delivering station.

It is thought that the construction, op-

eration, and use of the invention will be clearf rom theprecedingdetailed description.

' Changes may be made in the construction, arrangement, and dispositionof the several parts of the invention without in any way departing fromthe field and scope of the same, and, it is meant to include all suchwithin this application wherein only a preferred form has beendisclosed.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A stamping mallet comprising a handle,'a hollow head having a hingedtop carried by the handle, means for locking the hinged top in closedposition, printing members insertible through one side of the head toproject through its opposite wall and cushion arranged between theprinting membersand the hinged top.

2. A stamping mallet comprising a han- "dle,' a hollow open ended headcarried by the handle and provided with openings in one wall, a lockablecover for the head,

printing members disposed through the openings in the head and a cushioninterposed in the head between the printing members and the cover.

3. A stamping mallet comprising a bandle, a hollow open ended headcarried by the handle and provided with openings in one wall, a lockablecover for the head, printing members disposed through the openings inthe head and a resilient body disposed in the head and arranged to beheld in position when the cover is locked.

4. A stamping mallet comprising a handle, a hollow open ended headcarried By the handle and provided with openings in one wall, a lockablecover for the head, printing members disposed through the openings inthe head and a body of rubber and cork disposed in the head and arrangedto be held in position when the cover is in locked position.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOSEPH EDMOND CAYA. Witnesses:

REMI GILL, ALrHoNsE CAYA.

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